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For most applications, yes. They are only encrypted in transit via HTTPS, but they are readable to Google/Apple. It's possible to E2EE push notifications, but
by yellow_lead 3y ago
For most applications, yes. They are only encrypted in transit via HTTPS, but they are readable to Google/Apple.
It's possible to E2EE push notifications, but you need custom application logic.
- jonplackett 3y agoWouldn’t it be pretty simple to do that though if you wanted to? Send the push without content, or with just an identifier, and then have the app go get that message from the database and show it.
- toast0 3y agoOn iOS historically, you needed a special dispensation for your app to run when a push is received. So your choice was to let Apple see the content, or to have a push like 'you've got a new message'. I don't know the current status, but this used to be called a voip push or silent push; and Apple kept track to make sure you were at least posting notifications, otherwise future notifications would be dropped/delayed. A lot of apps clearly do notifications separately from content though: you'll get a notification, but when you tap on it, the content has to load.